Victor matrix PBS-79155. Ebony rhapsody / Ivie Anderson ; Duke Ellington Orchestra

Additional Information
  • Description: Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo
  • Instrumentation: Bass, 3 saxophones, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, guitar, piano, and traps
  • Category: Instrumental with vocal refrain
  • Language: English
  • Master Size: 10-in.
Notes
Instrumentation is from Victor ledgers and is not confirmed; collective personnel from notes to a reissue compilation CD. Personnel listings here are not intended to imply that every instrument listed is played on every master recorded at the session.
Source(s): CD: Duke Ellington centennial edition : The complete RCA Victor recordings (personnel); Rigler-Deutsch Index; Victor blue history card; Victor ledgers.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
4/12/1934 Hollywood, California 1 Unknown [PBS-79155] 12-in. Custom pressing.
4/12/1934 Hollywood, California 2 Master Victor 24622 10-in.
4/12/1934 Hollywood, California 2 Master Victor 24674 10-in.
4/12/1934 Hollywood, California 2 Master Victor 20-2760 10-in.
4/12/1934 Hollywood, California 2 Master RCA Victor LPV-506 LP

Ebony rhapsody / Ivie Anderson ; Duke Ellington Orchestra

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Ebony rhapsody / Ivie Anderson ; Duke Ellington Orchestra - RCA Victor LPV-506 - Take 2 - 4/12/1934
℗ © 1964 Sony Music Entertainment.
4/12/1934 Hollywood, California 2 Master RCA Victor DUKE7 Compact disc

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix PBS-79155. Ebony rhapsody / Ivie Anderson ; Duke Ellington Orchestra," accessed January 8, 2026, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200060959/PBS-79155-Ebony_rhapsody.

Victor matrix PBS-79155. Ebony rhapsody / Ivie Anderson ; Duke Ellington Orchestra. (2026). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved January 8, 2026, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200060959/PBS-79155-Ebony_rhapsody.

"Victor matrix PBS-79155. Ebony rhapsody / Ivie Anderson ; Duke Ellington Orchestra." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2026. Web. 8 January 2026.

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